Colossians 3:2
mind the things above, not the things on the earth,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
In Context
3for you died, and your life has been hid with the Christ in God;
Cross References
1 Chronicles 22:19Now give your heart and your soul to seek for your God YHWH, and rise and build the sanctuary of YHWH God, to bring in the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH, and the holy vessels of God, to the house that is built for the Name of YHWH.”
Psalms 49:11Their heart [is that] their houses [are] for all time, || Their dwelling places from generation to generation. They proclaimed their names over the lands.
Psalms 91:14Because he has delighted in Me, || I also deliver him—I set him on high, || Because he has known My Name.
Proverbs 23:5For wealth makes wings to itself, || It flies to the heavens as an eagle.
Matthew 6:19Do not treasure up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,
Luke 12:15And He said to them, “Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because his life is not in the abundance of one’s goods.”
Matthew Henry on Colossians 3:2-5
The Spiritual Life. ( a. d. 62.) 1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. The apostle, having described our privileges by Christ in the former part of the epistle, and our discharge from the yoke of the ceremonial law, comes… Read the whole commentary →